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Find out which countries are ruled by dictators or authoritarian regimes in 2022, according to the Freedom House survey. See the interactive map, photos and names of the current world dictators and their regimes.
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- President of Turkmenistan
Serdar Berdimuhamedow, President of Turkmenistan (since Mar...
- President of Mauritania
Mohamed Ould Ghazouani, President of Mauritania (elected on...
- Burma
Thein Sein (born 20 April 1945) is the current prime...
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Nov 7, 2021 | Category: 1 Americas dictators, All,...
- President of Equatorial Guinea
Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, President of Equatorial...
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The Countries with Dictatorships in the Modern World. As of 2020, there are 52 nations with a dictator or authoritarian regime ruling the country: Three in Latin America and South America, 27 in Asia and the Middle East, and 22 in Africa.
Learn about the types and characteristics of dictatorships, and see a list of 59 countries that are currently considered dictatorial systems. Find out how dictatorships differ from monarchies, democracies and hybrid regimes.
Learn about the types and examples of dictatorships, and which countries are still under authoritarian rule in 2023. Find out how dictatorships affect human rights, democracy and development in the world.
22 de feb. de 2022 · The new autocrats include current leaders such as Brazil’s Jair Bolsonaro, Hungary’s Viktor Orban, India’s Narendra Modi, Mexico’s Andrés Manuel López Obrador, the Philippines’ Rodrigo Duterte, Russia’s Vladimir Putin, and Turkey’s Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
Countries with the Highest Democracy-Dictatorship Indices. Full democracy countries have the highest scores globally. The most recent data from 2022 shows 24 countries operated with full democracies, indicated by scores greater than 8.00 on the Democracy Index. Norway topped the list with a total score of 9.81.
Turkmenistan, North Korea, Afghanistan, and Eritrea are current totalitarian regimes, as of 2022. However, some experts argue that China may also be an addition to the list.
